Temperatures in parts of the UK are set to rise close to 20C later this week and bring the warmest weather of the year so far. After a colder period with some wintry weather for some parts of the country, spring-like weather makes a return. It will also coincide with …

Moving English tests online for migrants who want a visa to come to the UK could open the door to fraudsters and criminal gangs, the largest international providers of English language exams have warned. Under the new £816m contract, which could be operational by December, English exams for Home Office …

Train travellers who buy discounted tickets using railcards will face additional checks, as part of a trial to crack down on ticketing fraud starting in April. If the trial is successful, the plan will save £20m a year in lost revenue, while preventing confused passengers from being prosecuted for fare …

British holidaymakers are rebooking Easter trips away from Dubai due to the war in neighbouring Iran, causing a spike in demand for "reassuring" destinations, travel firms have told the BBC. There is mass disruption to passenger flights across the Middle East and warnings not to travel to large parts of …

Dozens of people are feared dead or injured at a drug treatment centre in Afghanistan's capital after an air strike that the Taliban government blamed on Pakistan. The hospital in Kabul was hit on Monday evening, killing some people and injuring others, the government's spokesman said on X. Pakistan denied …

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the BBC she wants to stop top British technology firms and scientists "drifting abroad" to make money. She said she wants "the pattern to end", adding that the government was investing £2. 5bn in quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI). At a lecture to business …

7 hours ago James CookScotland editor For more than a year, Scottish politicians have been grappling with matters of life and death as they debated one of the most contested bills in the history of devolution. Tuesday's final Scottish Parliament vote on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) …

Family 'beyond devastated' by meningitis death as hundreds get antibiotics 8 hours ago Catherine EvansSouth East A father has confirmed that his 18-year-old daughter was one of two young people to have died in a meningitis outbreak in Kent, saying the family are "beyond devastated and they have no words …

On nearly every occasion President Trump has found himself in front of a camera in the last few days, he has had a pop at the prime minister and at the UK. We have long known the current occupier of the White House is rarely a man of subtlety, but …

If you haven’t heard, Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has another company — his third by our count. And this time it’s focused on robotics. The serial entrepreneur is best known for Rivian, the buzzy EV maker that was thrust into the spotlight in 2018 after debuting an electric …